Against Dallas, those will be paramount. They were also the biggest concern for his bruised heel.

"I did that today," Cruz said. "Going out there, running some routes. My main concern was those hard-breaking curls and really digging my foot into the ground. Ran a couple of those, and it didn’t feel bad at all. And it felt good to get out of them. And made a curl catch, and got a little bit of a burst out of it. And it felt good."

He still expects to play against the Cowboys in Dallas, that much he knows. As far as the rehab, he claims he's a few weeks ahead of schedule.

"I’m a little ahead," he said. "They were predicting a couple more weeks, but I was diligent in the treatment room and at home doing, icing it and getting ready and things like that. I’m pretty much ahead of schedule and I’m happy with it."

Cruz took about half the reps in practice, according to Tom Coughlin, which was part of the plan.

"He took as many reps as were planned for him today," Coughlin said. "Usually when they first come back that word (limited) appears anyway. Limited. But it looked to me like he took half, maybe more."